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pentagon recommendations range from 3,000 to 9,000. if deployed. at least a third of those forces will be devoted to fighting and killing al qaeda and their affiliates. major garrett, cbs news, the white house. >>> 7:09 now. what if it works to send a message to someone that doesn't consider you a friend? why they may soon charge you $100. >> nobody came or even bothered to call me. >> some have experienced waiting and waiting for a delivery or repairman that never shows up. how you might be compensated for all the time you will never get back. >>> and around the bay area, we've got freezes, watches, postings, frost out in the bay area, but we're going to get a severely clear sky for a beautiful saturday. we'll have all the details when we come back after the break. stranger on facebook? it'll cost you 100-bucks. the menlo park-based social network company is testing out a feature that charges users 100-dollars to send direct messages to people they don't know. friend-to-friend messages would still be free. facebook says charging for messages may d
pentagon recommendations range from 3,000 to 9,000. if deployed. at least a third of those forces will be devoted to fighting and killing al qaeda and their affiliates. major garrett, cbs news, the white house. >>> 7:09 now. what if it works to send a message to someone that doesn't consider you a friend? why they may soon charge you $100. >> nobody came or even bothered to call me. >> some have experienced waiting and waiting for a delivery or repairman that never shows...
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he spent yesterday meeting pentagon leaders and asked for helicopters and drones to ensure security in afghanistan when nato leaves at the end of next year. >> fair to say we made some very good progress on all of the key issue that we discussed. >> reporter: now the white house said that the president and the afghanistan president won't finalize any plans today but it's important they move in the same direction when it comes to troop numbers and timelines withdrawing from their country. leadership changing hands at the pentagon will also play a role in all of this and i will have more on that when i see you next. live in washington. ktvu channel 2news. >> new this morning from pakistan some shiites are refusing to bury their dead after terrorist attacks. it's a protest to demand that the government do something to protect them from attacks. >> colorado a court arraignment is scheduled for the suspect in the colorado movie theater shooting rampage. the judge ruled there is enough evidence for james holmes to stand trial on 160 felony charges. 12 people were killed, 58 others were hurt
he spent yesterday meeting pentagon leaders and asked for helicopters and drones to ensure security in afghanistan when nato leaves at the end of next year. >> fair to say we made some very good progress on all of the key issue that we discussed. >> reporter: now the white house said that the president and the afghanistan president won't finalize any plans today but it's important they move in the same direction when it comes to troop numbers and timelines withdrawing from their...
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ahmed wali karzai will be visiting leon panetta at the pentagon to talk about american troops in afghanistan. recently there is new talk about pulling american troops -- all american troops out of afghanistan after next year but they need american troops to keep guard to prevent what happened in libya. the president will meet with ahmed wali karzai tomorrow. >>> as kyla campbell reports from our washington d.c. newsroom, several are already going against the white house's call for executive action. >> reporter: any executive order the president makes on gun laws would just be to push his own agenda and this is not what is best for the country. the group has said there should not be new gun legislation and instead the government should do a better job of enforcing current laws. vice-president joseph biden is leading the panel to get feedback from both sides. vice-president joseph biden's comments about using an executive order are stirring up controversy. >> that i think changes the game and throws into question the legitimacy of the federal government. >> hollywood is sending representatives
ahmed wali karzai will be visiting leon panetta at the pentagon to talk about american troops in afghanistan. recently there is new talk about pulling american troops -- all american troops out of afghanistan after next year but they need american troops to keep guard to prevent what happened in libya. the president will meet with ahmed wali karzai tomorrow. >>> as kyla campbell reports from our washington d.c. newsroom, several are already going against the white house's call for...
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the pentagon does the overuse of drones. so, we can use them, say, in afghanistan. where there is a declared military action. but in pakistan or any place where it's used in a covert way, that's the cia. and most of those decisions are made in mr. brennan's basement office, under the oval office in the west wing and he's the one who's got to put together what has become known popularly as the list and i'll work with president obama and others on how they want to narrow those. a lot of debate. if you kill a terrorist and then he's replaced by his driver and the next drone goes in after him, is that a legitimate target? >> well, i think the other question that jane harman brought up earlier, should any of this stuff be done under the cia or done at the pong where, frankly, more accountable perhaps in place? >> well, chuck, the drone war is the least covert covert operation the u.s. has ever run. every drone strike done by the cia or just about everyone is reported in the newspapers or some journal -- >> can't hide them. they're not small things. >> the most covert one
the pentagon does the overuse of drones. so, we can use them, say, in afghanistan. where there is a declared military action. but in pakistan or any place where it's used in a covert way, that's the cia. and most of those decisions are made in mr. brennan's basement office, under the oval office in the west wing and he's the one who's got to put together what has become known popularly as the list and i'll work with president obama and others on how they want to narrow those. a lot of debate....
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>> shepard: jennifer at the pentagon, thank you. a rare snowfall has brought much of jerusalem to law enforcement the city's worst snow storm in 20 years. you can see it was only a few inches but that was plenty to shut down the government offices, schools, public transportation. our jerusalem reporter vittert sent this photo. giving headaches on the roads but attracting plenty of visitors to quack at it severe winter weather wreaking havoc for syrians living in refugee camps. jordan are waiting for heaters and blankets to keep their kids warm. torrential rains and near freezing temperatures in recent days have flooded hundreds of tents. the united nations now estimates the civil war has displaced some 2 million syrians from their homes and killed more than 30 -- i should say 60,000 more. tens of thousands venezuelas have rallied outside the presidential palace for inauguration of their president hugo chavez. the thing is chavez wasn't even there. he was in a hospital bed 1500 miles away in cuba. he has reportedly been fighting a re
>> shepard: jennifer at the pentagon, thank you. a rare snowfall has brought much of jerusalem to law enforcement the city's worst snow storm in 20 years. you can see it was only a few inches but that was plenty to shut down the government offices, schools, public transportation. our jerusalem reporter vittert sent this photo. giving headaches on the roads but attracting plenty of visitors to quack at it severe winter weather wreaking havoc for syrians living in refugee camps. jordan are...
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i don't know his experience regarding the pentagon. >> the president also announced the pick for next cia director, john brennan. that's more ahead on the cbs evening news. here's what we're working on the for the 6:00 news. a break in a bay area cold case. a woman murdered in a soup per market nearly 20 years ago. >>> one man's unusual excuse for getting out of a ticket. those stories and much more tonight at 6:00. paul, one more look at the weather. rain in the forecast. >> rain in the forecast but not until wednesday. we'll enjoy a springlike day tomorrow. it will be a foggy start. up in the 60s tomorrow afternoon, lots of sunshine. here comes the shower activity wednesday. after that, it's going to be chilly. down to 1500 feet snow level, high 50s for the highs. partly sunny. the weekend looks good low to mid-50s, partly sunny sky. not arctic but for the bay area, that's chilly. >> don't put away the coats or rain jackets. >> or the scarfs or the smart fork. don't do that. >>> thank you for watching the cbs evening news. our weather is always on our website never knew about the mo
i don't know his experience regarding the pentagon. >> the president also announced the pick for next cia director, john brennan. that's more ahead on the cbs evening news. here's what we're working on the for the 6:00 news. a break in a bay area cold case. a woman murdered in a soup per market nearly 20 years ago. >>> one man's unusual excuse for getting out of a ticket. those stories and much more tonight at 6:00. paul, one more look at the weather. rain in the forecast....
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pentagon recommendations range from 300 to 9,000. and if deployed, at least 1/3 of those forces will be devoted to fighting and killing the remnants of al-qaeda and its affiliates. >>> a quick note from america's first war. a revolutionary war canyon in new york was still loaded. it has been in central park since the civil war. but it wasn't until today that workers removed the seal and found the cannonball was still fully loaded! the bomb squad removed the powder but left the ball. >>> good evening, everybody! we have so much going on right now. very cold temperatures, a bitter breeze, and rain and san jose in the mountains! ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, >> shay shoot us from here -- they shoot us from here up, right? but i know someone wearing uggs tonight. >> and someone wearing bermuda shorts! we never fear the cold weather. let's head outside. we do have partly cloudy skies in the city of san francisco. otherwise here's the high-def doppler radar. zooming in on some precipitation. and look at the mix of rain, snow, sleet in the santa cruz mou
pentagon recommendations range from 300 to 9,000. and if deployed, at least 1/3 of those forces will be devoted to fighting and killing the remnants of al-qaeda and its affiliates. >>> a quick note from america's first war. a revolutionary war canyon in new york was still loaded. it has been in central park since the civil war. but it wasn't until today that workers removed the seal and found the cannonball was still fully loaded! the bomb squad removed the powder but left the ball....
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the pentagon just come out talking about how they would cut in case they did come up to this debt limit, because it's going to affect everyone in the country, and for that matter, around the world. >> and if you're a business or even a huge organization like the pentagon, you can't wait until the last minute and say, oh, we got to cut 50 billion? ust take that out tomorrow. doesn't work that way there are a lot of big companies -- ceos pulling their hair out, investors and wall street analysts don't know what to think. will the money be in the budget? flowing into the economy? it's a huge decision. a disgrace it has to go down to the last second but that is what we have gotten used to with this group in washington. >> shepard: we certainly have. thank you. >>> researchers took a close look at junior seaus a brain after hi killed himself, and what they found shows just how much damage his years in the nfl may have done. here we go. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absor
the pentagon just come out talking about how they would cut in case they did come up to this debt limit, because it's going to affect everyone in the country, and for that matter, around the world. >> and if you're a business or even a huge organization like the pentagon, you can't wait until the last minute and say, oh, we got to cut 50 billion? ust take that out tomorrow. doesn't work that way there are a lot of big companies -- ceos pulling their hair out, investors and wall street...
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seen is a lot of republicans who are justly opposed to that kind of cutting essentially posing all pentagon cutting and what i was saying in the piece today is that just because the sequestration cuts are bad doesn't mean that the defense budget is sacrosanct. it can be cut by a significant amount. >> neil: it would help the republicans make the argument we are open for cutting spending for things we hold dear and you should be open to cutting spending for things you hold dear. this doesn't seem to resonate in an atmosphere where there is no cutting going on period. >> the leading budget hawk who talk about this, basically they say back in 2007 the height of the iraq war the troop surge was going on, a very expensive proposition. the base pentagon budget was $431 billion and that did not count the cost of the wars in iraq and afghanistan but the base was 43 $431 billion. today the base is $551 billion. people are saying why should it be so much more today than it was in the peak war years of 2007. to get back to the 2007 spending levels would require significant cuts. >> neil: real quickly,
seen is a lot of republicans who are justly opposed to that kind of cutting essentially posing all pentagon cutting and what i was saying in the piece today is that just because the sequestration cuts are bad doesn't mean that the defense budget is sacrosanct. it can be cut by a significant amount. >> neil: it would help the republicans make the argument we are open for cutting spending for things we hold dear and you should be open to cutting spending for things you hold dear. this...
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washington yesterday attending a working dinner with secretary of state hillary clinton and he visited the pentagon where he was greeted by defense secretary panetta and other top military officials. sources say karzai arrived with a wish lit of military equipment including drones and helicopters and other hardware to ensure afghanistan security when nato forces leave at the end of next year. >> frigid out there when you are outside and you need the heater on in the car. >> what a way to wake up. >> what are we facing? >> colder temperatures this morning and colder tomorrow morning. outside i will show what you is going on, a little frost out there driving into work. my thermometer was down to 28 in san ramon valley. from the east bay hills, it is clear. live doppler 7 hd shows a lack of radar but there are a few high clouds right this. that is also helping to keep the temperatures up a little bit in the north bay and across san francisco. as you head toward the ocean you can see that is where a few of the radar returns are but they are few and far between and they will stay up to the north today.
washington yesterday attending a working dinner with secretary of state hillary clinton and he visited the pentagon where he was greeted by defense secretary panetta and other top military officials. sources say karzai arrived with a wish lit of military equipment including drones and helicopters and other hardware to ensure afghanistan security when nato forces leave at the end of next year. >> frigid out there when you are outside and you need the heater on in the car. >> what a...
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. >> reporter: you won't see aaron nearborn featured in one of the pentagon's recruiting commercials. >> boxing those up, getting those out today. >> reporter: but what he has been doing for two years in this vast, unheated warehouse in oakland, california, has provided crucial supplies for thousands of men and women in uniform and in harm's way. trauma kits and stretchers. ballistic eye protection. and tarps to repair ripped tents. spare parts for a failing generator that would have taken months for the regular supply chain to provide. >> this generator powers their communications, their intelligence, their daily operations, everything. we're literally able to ship it to them within 72 hours. >> reporter: it all started when one of nearborn's marine pals deployed to afghanistan and asked for some needed items. nearborn sent them. word got around through e-mails and a new website there was an outfit called troops direct that could bypass the usual military red tape and get you what you and your unit needed pronto. like this sergeant who told us via skype from afghanistan that nearborn
. >> reporter: you won't see aaron nearborn featured in one of the pentagon's recruiting commercials. >> boxing those up, getting those out today. >> reporter: but what he has been doing for two years in this vast, unheated warehouse in oakland, california, has provided crucial supplies for thousands of men and women in uniform and in harm's way. trauma kits and stretchers. ballistic eye protection. and tarps to repair ripped tents. spare parts for a failing generator that...
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soldier in the country despite the pentagon's view that some troops need to stay to keep al qaeda at bay. >>> for the continental united states, 2012 was the hottest on record. according to government scientists, the average temperature was 55.3 degrees. that broke the record set back in 1998 by one degree. >> of course it doesn't apply to today because it was chilly. >> it was chilly this morning. no frost on my window yet but -- >> but we'll see temperatures struggling to get out of the 40s tomorrow maybe snow down to 1500 feet. so big changes around the bay area for today. a lot of clouds beginning to move in. we have some patchy, dense fog early on this morning in the valleys but you can see the cold front now sliding into the state bringing some showers into far northern california. that is going to usher in some much colder temperatures outside even a chance of rain by the afternoon. as we look outside right now, we have mostly cloudy skies a little bit hazy. the temperatures a little cool in spots. 39 degrees in concord with some fog. 37 in livermore. 48 degrees in san francis
soldier in the country despite the pentagon's view that some troops need to stay to keep al qaeda at bay. >>> for the continental united states, 2012 was the hottest on record. according to government scientists, the average temperature was 55.3 degrees. that broke the record set back in 1998 by one degree. >> of course it doesn't apply to today because it was chilly. >> it was chilly this morning. no frost on my window yet but -- >> but we'll see temperatures...
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first he will meet with defense secretary leon panetta at the pentagon. later tonight he will meet with secretary of state hillary clinton. yesterday he met with senators on capitol hill. they discussed how many troops will remain in his country after combat forces pull out in 2014. karzai is scheduled to meet with president obama tomorrow. >>> today a former d.c. police police officer will be sentenced for shooting multiple people. kenneth fur faces sever years in prison for the bizarre incident in august of 2011. he was convicted for soliciting a transgender woman for sex outside a cvs in northwest washington. when she refused he became angry and allegedly threatened her and one of her friends with a gun. a few minutes later, fur confronted them, jumped on the hood of their car and shot through the windshield, hitting three people. all the victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries. >>> this morning a d.c. police officer is under arrest for sexually abusing a child. according to investigators, officer wendell palmer is charged with first-degree chil
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an international study says senators should ask about future plans for the pentagon. >> there's a tendency to look backwards. it's much more important for them to be looking forward. >> outside the white house, the antiwar group protested the cia nomination questioning his ties to enhanced interrogation techniques used during the bush administration. the president needs the senate's approval for both picks. the president says he hopes the senate acts promptly on his nominations. at the white house, danielle, cbs 5. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is back at work after a hospital stay and a few weeks at home. today clinton returned to the state department and to this gag gift from coworkers. in the box, a football helmet with the state department seal and padding her head. she was treated for a concussion after a fall. >>> we'll arguments for and against prop 8 to be held on march 26th. the ballot measure eliminated marriage rights for same sex partners in california. the court will decide if it will litigate the case and if the law violates the 14th amendment. >>> buyer beware, thou
an international study says senators should ask about future plans for the pentagon. >> there's a tendency to look backwards. it's much more important for them to be looking forward. >> outside the white house, the antiwar group protested the cia nomination questioning his ties to enhanced interrogation techniques used during the bush administration. the president needs the senate's approval for both picks. the president says he hopes the senate acts promptly on his nominations. at...
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a pentagon spokesperson said the two will discuss a broad range of issues concerning afghanistan's future as part of a busy week for the afghan head of state. tonight he meets with secretary of state hillary clinton before meeting with president obama tomorrow. >>> and in about 30 meant, vice president joe biden will host gun rights' owners and advocates as part of his gun control task force. the nra has other gun owner groups and sportsmen all headed to the white house. >>> walmart, the nation's largest gun retailer will attend a separate hearing with attorney joan eric holder. yesterday the task force met with victims groups and gun control supporters who say that they were encouraged by the conversation the task force is expected to make its recommendations in about a month. >>> new this morning, a major announcement about the presidential cabinet. this afternoon, president obama will nominate jack lew secede timothy geithner as secretary. he's currently the white house chief of staff and budget director. he will be nominated at 1:30 this afternoon and we'll stream it live on nbcwashin
a pentagon spokesperson said the two will discuss a broad range of issues concerning afghanistan's future as part of a busy week for the afghan head of state. tonight he meets with secretary of state hillary clinton before meeting with president obama tomorrow. >>> and in about 30 meant, vice president joe biden will host gun rights' owners and advocates as part of his gun control task force. the nra has other gun owner groups and sportsmen all headed to the white house. >>>...
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panetta talked about life after the pentagon. >> the time has come for me to return to my wife, silvia, our three sons, their families, our six grandchildren, and my walnut farm. dealing with a different set of nuts. >> panetta has served as secretary of defense since 2011. his legny will include overseeing the troop drawdown in afghanistan, the trimming of the defense budget and the death of osama bin laden. >>> a gag gift greeted secretary of state hillary clinton when she got back to work at the state department today. you see this picture here? mrs. clinton got a football helmet with the state department logo on the side. secretary clinton has not made any public appearances since early december when she fell, hit her head and sustained a concussion. hence the helmet. she was released from the hospital last week after treatment for a blood clot. >>> just hours from now a special meeting will be held to talk about the proposed closure of several east bay fire stations. contra costa supervisors voted last month to shut down stations in clayton, lafayette, martinez and walnut creek. t
panetta talked about life after the pentagon. >> the time has come for me to return to my wife, silvia, our three sons, their families, our six grandchildren, and my walnut farm. dealing with a different set of nuts. >> panetta has served as secretary of defense since 2011. his legny will include overseeing the troop drawdown in afghanistan, the trimming of the defense budget and the death of osama bin laden. >>> a gag gift greeted secretary of state hillary clinton when...
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the bus is replacing trains between pentagon and rosslyn. 20 minutes for that commute. red line trains single-tracking between friendship heights and vanessa pham and between road island avenue and fort totten. that'll add 15 minutes. green line shares will share a train between greenbelt and college park will take an additional 10 minutes. confirmation on any of these stories, go to our website wjla.com. >> jacqui jeras has what you need to know about your weekend forecast. look at that beautiful shot. >> the sun coming up. >> and your sunrise photos. i would love to see them. it's a really good day as far as temperatures. we will have clouds and showers this afternoon and for the commute home. ties in the upper 40's, low 50's today. the seven-day forecast includes 60 this weekend, rainfall next week. this time next week we will be much colder, much more seasonable. for the first time in a while for the snow lovers, january 26, we could have enough moisture for snow. >> for bowie commuters, don't worry about the 50 incident because it's just about clear. newschopper 7
the bus is replacing trains between pentagon and rosslyn. 20 minutes for that commute. red line trains single-tracking between friendship heights and vanessa pham and between road island avenue and fort totten. that'll add 15 minutes. green line shares will share a train between greenbelt and college park will take an additional 10 minutes. confirmation on any of these stories, go to our website wjla.com. >> jacqui jeras has what you need to know about your weekend forecast. look at that...
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that's according to a new plan submitted to the pentagon. the low end option would leave about 6500 troops in the country for counter terrorism operations while the larger option would leave 15,000 troops to help train afghan security forces. the plans are awaiting official approval are from leon panetta. >>> an ad campaign is on the streets of san francisco. they are on the sides of muni buss and focus on the word jihad. the muslim community says the word has negative connotations but muslim leaders say it means an up hill struggle to get to a better place. that surprised many people that we talked with. >> it's probably going to create more confusion but at least it will get the conversation going and the conversation is always good. >> i think anything that's going to help raise people's awareness, maybe help diminish some negative stereotypes people have is probably a good thing. >> other people we talked with say they hadn't noticed the ads yet. the campaign made the u.s. debut in chicago just before christmas. >>> san francisco interna
that's according to a new plan submitted to the pentagon. the low end option would leave about 6500 troops in the country for counter terrorism operations while the larger option would leave 15,000 troops to help train afghan security forces. the plans are awaiting official approval are from leon panetta. >>> an ad campaign is on the streets of san francisco. they are on the sides of muni buss and focus on the word jihad. the muslim community says the word has negative connotations but...
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he also visited the pentagon where he was greeted by defense secretary panetta. sources say karzai arrived with a wish lit of military equipment including drones and helicopters and other hardware to ensure afghan security when nato forces leave at the end of next year. >> 5:45. check in flights higher at the super bowl gets closer. >> and the job a at american express which is cutting 5,400 jobs scheduled to take place this year mostly in travel services as consumers increasingly book online. and the pentagon is authorizing senior managers to freeze fan hiring and cut travel and dismiss temporary workers because of spending cuts that could kick in if congress and the president do not agree on a deficit reduction plan by march. >> looks like it will cost you more to host the super bowl party. chicken wing prices hitting all-time high on rising prices of corn feed because of last year's midwest drought. if you are going for a job interview, you will be asked more than where you went to college and why you want do work for a company. employers are turning to odd ba
he also visited the pentagon where he was greeted by defense secretary panetta. sources say karzai arrived with a wish lit of military equipment including drones and helicopters and other hardware to ensure afghan security when nato forces leave at the end of next year. >> 5:45. check in flights higher at the super bowl gets closer. >> and the job a at american express which is cutting 5,400 jobs scheduled to take place this year mostly in travel services as consumers increasingly...
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i want to build on the size of the pentagon. during the cold war, our mortal enemy had the second-largest economy in the world. millions of men under arms, 30,000 plus the lynn weapons, as a threat. are groups of terrorists living in caves. i did not see how we can spend hundreds of millions more. the pentagon is riddled with fat. it's like kopb beef. why does the enforced a full- fledged symphony? ed a full- force nee d fledged symphony? are there more now in the one everybody was much larger? why did they keep having a larger staff? >> i probably agree with a two- thirds of what he said. i also salute your service. in the interest of debate, he mentioned a long list of potential areas. the state department should do more of -- the idea of a mid career sabbatical. they teach us a lot of the kodak with some different ideas -- us a lot but they go back with with different ideas. they point to them and career education as important elements of thinking. the ideas they later implement the danda command or one way or another. i woul
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this despite the pentagon's view that some troops need to stay to keep a lid on al qaeda. >>> 4:37 now. for the continental united states, 2012 was the hottest year on record. that's according to government scientists. average temperature was 55.3 degrees. that broke the old record set in 1998 by one degree. but if you wake up this morning, you would never know. 37 degrees out in the east bay. >> i know. it's chilly, lawrence. >> now we have a chance of some snow maybe down to 1500 feet by tomorrow morning. so yeah, we have some big chance coming our way. even a chance of rain developing outside today. here's the latest on our satellite image. you can see the cold front on final approach as it's headed toward the bay area. you can see showers beginning to move into far northern california but it will take a while for it to get here not until the afternoon before we see rain picking up. if you are heading outside today we have dense fog in some of the valleys so watch out for that. visibility again down less than a quarter mile inland, 38 degrees in concord. 39 santa rosa. 44 san jose.
this despite the pentagon's view that some troops need to stay to keep a lid on al qaeda. >>> 4:37 now. for the continental united states, 2012 was the hottest year on record. that's according to government scientists. average temperature was 55.3 degrees. that broke the old record set in 1998 by one degree. but if you wake up this morning, you would never know. 37 degrees out in the east bay. >> i know. it's chilly, lawrence. >> now we have a chance of some snow maybe down...
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. >>> reporter: president obama announced his pick for the next heads of the pentagon and the cia. now they need congressional approval before they can get to work. >> we need to move quickly. >> reporter: senator chuck hagel is the nominee for secretary of defense. a former n listed man and vietnam vet, the president says hagel can relate personally to america's troops. >> to this day chuck bears the scars and the shrapnel from battles he fought in our name. >> reporter: but winning confirmation won't be easy. some of hagel's former senate colleagues call him hostile toward israel and soft on iran. >> i'm waiting for an explanation. i want him to make the case as to why he should be the secretary of defense. >> reporter: confirmation hearings here on capitol hill are expected to be easier for another nominee john brennan the president's cia pick. still looking at his 25 years at the spy agency some object to the brennan pick. >> if you tuned in here, obama, listen to what i'm about to say. >> reporter: a small group protested the choice monday saying brennan is linked to controver
. >>> reporter: president obama announced his pick for the next heads of the pentagon and the cia. now they need congressional approval before they can get to work. >> we need to move quickly. >> reporter: senator chuck hagel is the nominee for secretary of defense. a former n listed man and vietnam vet, the president says hagel can relate personally to america's troops. >> to this day chuck bears the scars and the shrapnel from battles he fought in our name. >>...
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pentagon recommendations range from 3,000 to 9,000. and if deployed, scott, at least a third of those would be devoted to finding and killing the remnants of al qaeda and its affiliates. >> pelley: major, thank you. there are 66,000 americans in afghanistan tonight. the u.s. invasion after 9/11 came 11 years and three months ago. 2,174 americans have given their lives there. more than 18,000 have been wounded. and the war has cost $560 billion.ñr what has the u.s. purchased with that sacrifice? well, in one province of afghanistan there is enormous progress. it's called bamiyan and it was once famous for its ancient colossal statues of buddha which were dynamited by the taliban in 2001. we asked kelly cobiella to show us what's been achieved there and what might be at risk as america pulls out. >> reporter: high in the mountains of central afghanistan in one of the poorest regions of the country thousands of girls are learning to speak english. how long do you study english? >> here from fourth grade until 12th grade students learn en
pentagon recommendations range from 3,000 to 9,000. and if deployed, scott, at least a third of those would be devoted to finding and killing the remnants of al qaeda and its affiliates. >> pelley: major, thank you. there are 66,000 americans in afghanistan tonight. the u.s. invasion after 9/11 came 11 years and three months ago. 2,174 americans have given their lives there. more than 18,000 have been wounded. and the war has cost $560 billion.ñr what has the u.s. purchased with that...
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supporters are describe the vietnam veteran as uniquely qualified during a time of transition at the pentagon. he would oversee the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan and implement some of the deepest cuts in defense spending in years. >> i think chuck will bring some interesting and creative thoughts to a defense establishment which tends to be rather structured. >> reporter: president obama also nominated his counterterrorism adviser, john brennan, to serve as cia director. john brennan was considered for cia director back in 2008 but he withdrew his name when questions came up about whether he had supported controversial interrogation techniques under the bush administration. in washington, i'm danielle leigh, nbc news. >>> more news from capitol hill, despite objections by the u.s. state department, google's executive chairman eric shah submit in north korea this morning. schmidt is part of a four-day humanitarian trip to the region organized by former new mexico governor, bill richardson. the group left beijing this morning. richardson says they plan to ask about korean-american kenne
supporters are describe the vietnam veteran as uniquely qualified during a time of transition at the pentagon. he would oversee the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan and implement some of the deepest cuts in defense spending in years. >> i think chuck will bring some interesting and creative thoughts to a defense establishment which tends to be rather structured. >> reporter: president obama also nominated his counterterrorism adviser, john brennan, to serve as cia director....
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you put a republican at the pentagon in a time you're trying to slink thrink the pentagon. the president thinks that will help. and the president's not afraid to pick a fight with some republicans. i think if you look at both of them and add in senator kerry, the new secretary of state, it's a comfort leave. you're not worried about satisfying every political interest group. you want people you like and you trust. >> you heard ari fleisher, our cnn contributor, the former bush white house press secretary say for all practical purposes, and i'm paraphrasing him now, hagel really isn't a republican anymore. >> well, this is a great divide and a great debate in the republican party. would he say the same about dick lugar, a respected republican voice? would he say the same about colin powell who served reagan and george h.w. bush and then george w. bush in republican white houses? thought himself about running for the republican nomination for president one day. who have views like chuck hagel. in the last 10 year, there's been as if na fascinating divid. chuck hagel would fit
you put a republican at the pentagon in a time you're trying to slink thrink the pentagon. the president thinks that will help. and the president's not afraid to pick a fight with some republicans. i think if you look at both of them and add in senator kerry, the new secretary of state, it's a comfort leave. you're not worried about satisfying every political interest group. you want people you like and you trust. >> you heard ari fleisher, our cnn contributor, the former bush white house...
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"outfront" tonight, charles blow and former pentagon official, rosa brooks. charles, let me start on this first hilda solis resigning. there's always a lot of turnover. there's one fewer woman in the cabinet. was very interesting that the white house then announced that a woman, an african-american and an asian were staying. so clearly this conversation is is being registered there. >> absolutely. i think that you would like to see as much diversity as possible. gender diversity, racial diversity, whatever else kind of diversity, in any cabinet, this one included. that said though, i think that you know, it's important to understand the entire context of what "the new york times" said in that story. one thing they said was that 46% of obama's appointees have been women and that's a very important issue. half of the people who work in the white house have been women. and that you know, he has had two big appointments, you know, the biggest thing a president can do is to nominate a supreme court justice. obama's had two shots. >> fair point. >> both have been w
"outfront" tonight, charles blow and former pentagon official, rosa brooks. charles, let me start on this first hilda solis resigning. there's always a lot of turnover. there's one fewer woman in the cabinet. was very interesting that the white house then announced that a woman, an african-american and an asian were staying. so clearly this conversation is is being registered there. >> absolutely. i think that you would like to see as much diversity as possible. gender...
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president obama says he would be a perfect fit at the pentagon. >> he understands that america stands strongest when we stand as allies and as friends. as a successful businessman he know os even as we make tough fiscal choices we have to do so wisely. >> hagel would be the first enlisted soldier from the vietnam war to serve as secretary of defense. he earned two purple hearts and saved his wounded brother. some republicans are concerned hagel won't be enough of a defender of pentagon spending. >> the fact of the matter is i fear he is going to try to use senator hagel as a foil to pursue this hollowing out of the military that secretary panetta has raised concerns about by the draconian cuts and the is a questions teresa payton. >> hagel would be -- and the sequester. >> not as difficult ahead for john brennan. >> unlike tolikelikely to drawe criticism. if confirmed it would be a home coming. he was considered for the cia post in 2008 but wealth drew his name to avoid contentious questioning over the agency use of water boarding and so called enhanced in tare gation techniques which
president obama says he would be a perfect fit at the pentagon. >> he understands that america stands strongest when we stand as allies and as friends. as a successful businessman he know os even as we make tough fiscal choices we have to do so wisely. >> hagel would be the first enlisted soldier from the vietnam war to serve as secretary of defense. he earned two purple hearts and saved his wounded brother. some republicans are concerned hagel won't be enough of a defender of...
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there's been reporting about his views on the pentagon budget. it's inclined for deeper cuts, did he speak to you about his intention? >> we've had the opportunity to have lunch, are actually had dinner and talked about kind of just the general issues confronting the defense department. and then we had a lunch that frankly specifically focused on the budget challenges were just describing to you. i think my impression is that, you know, he understands the challenges and i think i am confident that he wants to do everything possible to try to deal with the challenges they face. as to specific feelings on different issues, i'll let him speak to that finance his confirmation hearing. >> just to follow for senator hagel, one of the recent concerns on the hill prepositions on nuclear issues and this time not about this advocating for reductions. it's a concern of yours that is going to implement the administration's current policy? >> there's no question in my mind. i've known chuck hagel for a long time. a lot of criticisms right now are unfair, but
there's been reporting about his views on the pentagon budget. it's inclined for deeper cuts, did he speak to you about his intention? >> we've had the opportunity to have lunch, are actually had dinner and talked about kind of just the general issues confronting the defense department. and then we had a lunch that frankly specifically focused on the budget challenges were just describing to you. i think my impression is that, you know, he understands the challenges and i think i am...
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they have issues with the stance he's taken on israel, on iran and also on defense cuts overseeing a pentagon budget that he may be willing himself to back those cuts the president has asked for. lots of questions. tough questions they have planned for both. we don't know yet when those confirmation hearings will happen. >> okay, tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you for the report. >>> 5:41 now. the fbi's evidence response team is heading back to a farm in linden this morning digging for more victims of the so-called spe speed freak killers. bodies were found in the area nearly a year ago and they think the bodies are linked to the speed freak killers for the drug fueled spree they went on during the '80s and '90s. herzog committed suicide last year. shermantime is on death roll. investigators say it will take three weeks to hand sift through the soil. >>> the california public utilities commission today discussing the fate of a nuclear power station located on the central coast. the power plant has been shut down for a year after a pipe started leaking radioactive steam into the air. the
they have issues with the stance he's taken on israel, on iran and also on defense cuts overseeing a pentagon budget that he may be willing himself to back those cuts the president has asked for. lots of questions. tough questions they have planned for both. we don't know yet when those confirmation hearings will happen. >> okay, tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you for the report. >>> 5:41 now. the fbi's evidence response team is heading back to a farm in linden this morning...
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>> the news at 6:00 >>> the president announce td picks for the new heads of the ciaññ and pentagon, joining former senator huck haigel and counter terrorism advisor john brenan today, haigel being a strong willed defense secretary and brenan, an experienced person to lead the top intelligence agency. >> chuck haigel is an american patriot. enlisting in the army volunteering for vietnam. john brenan the cia will have the leadership of the one of the most skilled and respected intelligence professional autos the president charge thanked outgoing defense secretary talking about his retirement plan autos i'm has come for me to return to my wife, three sons, their families, six grandchildren and my walnut farm. dealing with the difference set of nuts. >> good line. >> secretary of state hillary clinton plans to retire this month, returning to work today after taking time off for complications from a concussion. her staff welcomed her back with a football helmet and a jersey featuring number of countries she's visited as secretary of state. 112. >> despite the misgivings of the u.s. gover
>> the news at 6:00 >>> the president announce td picks for the new heads of the ciaññ and pentagon, joining former senator huck haigel and counter terrorism advisor john brenan today, haigel being a strong willed defense secretary and brenan, an experienced person to lead the top intelligence agency. >> chuck haigel is an american patriot. enlisting in the army volunteering for vietnam. john brenan the cia will have the leadership of the one of the most skilled and...
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he began investing in real estate like the largest building outside the pentagon and the country. i don't think in philadelphia but in new york and chicago and westchester and albany. he does not where we wanted to be. he demanded much from roosevelt, and roosevelt gave it to him. he named him the first ambassador, the first irish catholic ambassador of the court of st. james. he became the ambassador to great britain. it was one of the worst decisions i ever made. he knew but somehow believe that he could keep kennedy and check what he could. when kennedy talked to his children, he was a cheerleader and an optimist. in his relationship to the world around him and the 20th century, he made his pile of money and he was convinced that it was going to be taken from him. he was convinced that it would be taken from the united states that the united states entered the war. entered world war ii on behalf of the british. nothing is more important than making sure that there was no war. keeping britain out of the water and then the united states out of the war. and he did everything that
he began investing in real estate like the largest building outside the pentagon and the country. i don't think in philadelphia but in new york and chicago and westchester and albany. he does not where we wanted to be. he demanded much from roosevelt, and roosevelt gave it to him. he named him the first ambassador, the first irish catholic ambassador of the court of st. james. he became the ambassador to great britain. it was one of the worst decisions i ever made. he knew but somehow believe...
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president obama names his pick to head the cia and pentagon. >> and a sudden switch. what caused this escalade to malfunction. what caused the problem coming up. >> a tanker sideswiped the bay bridge. there are a lot of questions. we'll give you answers when we return on cbs 5. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a foster child's night a little cozier. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. ♪ ♪ aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print and have it picked up for free. any time of year. ♪ ♪ nice sweater. thank you. ♪ ♪ like a lot of things trying to find a better job can be frustrating. so at university of phoenix we're working with a growing list of almost two thousand corporate partners - companies like mi
president obama names his pick to head the cia and pentagon. >> and a sudden switch. what caused this escalade to malfunction. what caused the problem coming up. >> a tanker sideswiped the bay bridge. there are a lot of questions. we'll give you answers when we return on cbs 5. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift...
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. >> reporter: you won't see aaron nearborn in the pentagon commercials but what he's been doing for two years in this vast unheated warehouse in oakland, california, provided crucial supplies for thousands of men and women in uniform, trauma kits, ballistic eye protection and tarps to repair ripped tents, spare parts for special forces unit's failing generator that would have taken months for the regular supply chain to provide. >> it powers their communications, their intelligence, their daily operations, everything. we're literally able to ship it to them within 72 hours. >> reporter: it all started when one of nearborn's marine pals deployed to afghanistan and asked for needed items. word got around through e-mails and website there was troops direct that could bypass the usual military red tape and get you what you and your unit needed pronto, like large sotherboard who told us that nearborn shipped plumbing supplies for clothes washers and hot showers >> it was nice to take a hot shower after the weather started getting a lot chillier. >> reporter: there have been scores of tha
. >> reporter: you won't see aaron nearborn in the pentagon commercials but what he's been doing for two years in this vast unheated warehouse in oakland, california, provided crucial supplies for thousands of men and women in uniform, trauma kits, ballistic eye protection and tarps to repair ripped tents, spare parts for special forces unit's failing generator that would have taken months for the regular supply chain to provide. >> it powers their communications, their...
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and fellow vietnam vet democrat max cleland about the selection of republican chuck hagel to lead the pentagon. plus the mysterious death of a lottery winner a day after he collected a six-figure payout. that and more when we see you at 7:00. >> thank you. happy new year to you, too. >>> well, the consumer electronics show kicks off today and it's expected to be the biggest show jet. more than 3200 people are showing off the latest gadgets from 150 countries and cnet editor-at-large brian cooley is in las vegas with the top tech trends of 2013. last time we talked to you, brian, you showed us a smart fork. did you try it out? >> reporter: that's right. those smart forks the happy fork. the idea for folks who haven't heard the news about this is that it will buzz, vibrate, or flash a light to remind you to slow down your eating which is not just a matter of telling your kids not to be, you know, kind of horsy at the table but to help your health. if you eat more slowly, you fill up sooner in terms of how you feel on less calories so it's a weight loss technology and like everything, it connects
and fellow vietnam vet democrat max cleland about the selection of republican chuck hagel to lead the pentagon. plus the mysterious death of a lottery winner a day after he collected a six-figure payout. that and more when we see you at 7:00. >> thank you. happy new year to you, too. >>> well, the consumer electronics show kicks off today and it's expected to be the biggest show jet. more than 3200 people are showing off the latest gadgets from 150 countries and cnet...
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. >>> other news, the pentagon is getting ready for drastic cuts that could come in march if congress does not act. defense secretary leon panetta outlined contingency cuts, including freezing civilian hiring and curtailing maintenance. but promises combat troops and military families would not be shortchanged. >>> new details are emerging about the secret service prostitution scandal ahead of president obama's visit to colombia last year. a report found three drug enforcement administration agents stationed there had paid for sexual services for themselves and two of those agents hired a prostitute for a visiting secret service supervisor. they used their government issued blackberries to arrange those encounters and tried to delete the information. >>> major league baseball players are facing an increased number of tests for illegal drugs. a deal between management and the players means human growth hormone testing will be conducted throughout the season instead of just spring training. urine and blood tests will be admin sterd and every player will be tested at least once. >>> anot
. >>> other news, the pentagon is getting ready for drastic cuts that could come in march if congress does not act. defense secretary leon panetta outlined contingency cuts, including freezing civilian hiring and curtailing maintenance. but promises combat troops and military families would not be shortchanged. >>> new details are emerging about the secret service prostitution scandal ahead of president obama's visit to colombia last year. a report found three drug enforcement...
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. >> earlier on thursday at the pentagon secretary of defense lyonnais panetta welcomed the afghan leader. sources say the president arrived with the wish list of military equipment. >> what we talked about yesterday was let's move beyond a wish list of equipment. it is fair to say we made very good progress on the key issues we discussed. >> our meeting i believe will help lead the groundwork for presence arzi discussion with president obama on these and other topics prepar. >> provide security for the people. >> the obama administration warns not to expect any thing about troop numbers to come out of the meeting. the two sides are moving closer to ending the 11 year war on tower and began a stand. >> i am ed payne reporting. >> also this morning president joe biden will be meeting with gun groups. including in are a representative as it moves toward as head of president obamas task force to fight gun violence. >> already, the vice president and else in the group will have some recommendations for the president by tuesday. >> it is expected that universal background checks for all gun ow
. >> earlier on thursday at the pentagon secretary of defense lyonnais panetta welcomed the afghan leader. sources say the president arrived with the wish list of military equipment. >> what we talked about yesterday was let's move beyond a wish list of equipment. it is fair to say we made very good progress on the key issues we discussed. >> our meeting i believe will help lead the groundwork for presence arzi discussion with president obama on these and other topics prepar....
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there are right now 66,000 in the country and the pentagon is pushing if 9,000 in 2015 and others want 3,000 or fewer. >> coming up, a neighborhood squabble over wild turkeys. >> an invitation by facebook create as frenzy in tech circles. >> diet drinks promise to keep the pounds off, right, but research says there is another unintended >> a 5:53. holiday shoppers responded so well to a new pricing strategy they will keep it up. a new trend is to check out an item in a store and thing go back to the computer and buy it cheaper online. to beat it over the holidays target matched online prices and now it will continue that practice year round. target says if you see a price on a website for amazon or best buy or toys 'r us or walmart you can get the same rice in the target store. >> starting at the bolt only -- bottom for the worst films are out and "breaking dawn two" led with 11 nominations including worst picture and worse lead act ors. on the opposite side of the spectrum, the oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow. you can watch the nominations like tomorrow morning right here
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i am wondering why don't they go after the pentagon? is it the pentagon as a policy declared to say if you attack us, that is an act of war. >> new evolution in the strategies. an act of self-defense were cyber attack or something active defense, some entities getting their heads around the sanctions. yes, there has been some modifications, so financial institutions are quickly getting their heads around those vulnerabilities but by in large many of those are well saved, love institutions have been able to protect themselves. people are employing them. dennis: this is yet again another denial of service attack. where hackers and of taking over a little network and they have thousands and thousands of requests and they freeze the system. what i can't understand is why can't you guys in the business fix this? it has been around for 30 years or more, how can you guys haven't been able to do away with it? >> availability of your systems is a paramount element. social networking to twitter every second means everything. as we get more and mo
i am wondering why don't they go after the pentagon? is it the pentagon as a policy declared to say if you attack us, that is an act of war. >> new evolution in the strategies. an act of self-defense were cyber attack or something active defense, some entities getting their heads around the sanctions. yes, there has been some modifications, so financial institutions are quickly getting their heads around those vulnerabilities but by in large many of those are well saved, love institutions...
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another pentagon chief who was well qualified, does judgment trump experience? >> it's a fascinating point. don rumsfeld is one of the most brilliant people that i've ever met. there is no question about it. if you look at the first george w. bush administration and you look at the policies on iraq, you had a group of people who were as well qualified, whose resumes if you stack them up were among the most remarkable in washington in the history of our foreign policy. and yet, you ended up with on a set of decisions, certainly on iraq that proved my judgment and in the judgment of most americans to be catastrophic. my point, it's not just paper credentials, its discretion, it's asking the right questions before you advise a president to put young american men and women in harm's way. >> gregg: let's talk about hagel's judgment. the most frequent criticism of him seems to be advocacy of negotiating with iran and hezbollah and hamas and opposition naming the alert two as terrorist groups which would appear to be a no-brainer given their conduct over the last 30 ye
another pentagon chief who was well qualified, does judgment trump experience? >> it's a fascinating point. don rumsfeld is one of the most brilliant people that i've ever met. there is no question about it. if you look at the first george w. bush administration and you look at the policies on iraq, you had a group of people who were as well qualified, whose resumes if you stack them up were among the most remarkable in washington in the history of our foreign policy. and yet, you ended...
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le >>> a battle is brewing with and n president obama's pick to head the pentagon. critics at critics promised a tough n proc confirmation process for former huck hagel senator chuck hagel. >> there are also questions o about the president's nomination his to run the cia, antiterrorism bi chief, john brennan. bill plante is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president's choice of chuck hagel for pentagon and john brennan for cia means a the whit confirmation battle. the white house went into this knowing that. w so there's a campaign to win thek that battle. is not some senators think hagel is not others that tough nouf on iran others that l. he's not committed to israel. brennan is under scrutiny by those who want to know if he was involved in harsh interrogation w programs when he was at the administ white house during the george them on bush administration. the president defended his hagel' nominees as he announced them. our >> chuck hagel's leadership of the our military would be historic. he would be the first person of serve enlis
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a pentagon official describes him as someone who has a great deal of blood on his hands. >>> from deep inside caves in the taliban territory of afghanistan, a remarkable discovery. israel's national library has unveiled a collection of ancient hebrew manuscripts it just bought. it points to a thriving jewish community in the region about 1,000 years ago. the papers survived because the caves are so dry and so dark. >>> police in florida are asking for help in finding three criminals. they were caught on cameras this past monday as they held up a radioshack in pompano baemp. they fled out the back door and into a waiting getaway car. >> brazen. >>> and on a much lighter note, but also from florida, some anger over what some neighbors are calling an eye sore. >> this homeowner has graffitied his own house. it was his reaction after people in the neighborhood complained about the removal of some trees. now police say the graffiti might not look good, but it isn't a crime. >> the home owner plans on painting over the graffiti at some point, hopefully painting over it with not more graffiti
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